AUSTRIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM - DUAL EDUCATION

In Austria, apprenticeship training is referred to as “dual system“ or “dual vocational training system“, as it takes place at two different sites: the company and the vocational school.

First, apprentices need to sign an apprenticeship training agreement with a company. The company-based training is complemented by compulsory attendance of the vocational school, which is part-time. The attendance of the vocational school starts with the beginning of the apprenticeship training agreement and lasts until its end or the successful completion of the vocational school. Education is offered on the following organizational forms:

day-release system: apprentices attend vocational school for a minimum of one full or two half days a week; running for a complete academic year.

block-release system: apprentices attend vocational school for a minimum of eight or ten weeks; during an academic year.

The aim of part-time vocational schools for apprentices is to provide apprentices with the theoretical basics of their occupation, to promote and complement company-based training and to deepen their general knowledge.

CORE VALUES / EXPECTATIONS

What is important to us…

• professional communication and interaction between school management, staff and students

• good product knowledge and modern teaching methods

• continuous teacher training

• modern facilities and teaching equipment

• close cooperation with training companies

• ecology and sustainability